ALLISON "Mia..." I called out with tears burning the back of my eyes. My heart was overwhelmed with both joy and pain at the sight of her. The joy that she was here with me, the joy that came after so many years of being apart. The joy of friendship that had gone beyond age and years, the joy of happiness and renewal. She was a friend. The only friend I had, she was my sister and best friend from kindergarten till we got to college then she disappeared for no apparent reason. We all thought she was dead, we thought something bad had happened to her. We went in search of her and even reported her missing but the police couldn't find her either. After a long time of searching, it was concluded that she was either dead or had been kidnapped or maybe she had gone to the city or something.

